Hong Kong’s open data hackers and afficionados are proudly joining World Open Data day. http://opendataday.org/

This phenomenon is rising and is very very powerful. We believe you should understand how it will impact our cities, businesses and lives. Join us on Saturday feb 22.

Where is Hong Kong’s Energy Data and what could we do with it?

Energy data is critical for sustainable urban development, smart city planning and climate change mitigation. Both private and public organisations collect data related to energy generation and consumption, some of it, e.g. utility consumption data, is hold by private companies. General data is available on energy is published by the Census and Statistics Department and the EMSD (Electrical and Mechanical Services Department).

We would like to discuss the potential of energy data across Hong Kong. Energy data could be a test case to show how private and public sector could collaborate to create innovative solutions for planners, business, sustainable development researchers and citizens with consolidated, shared and open data.

An example of Open Data sharing sites are: Open Energy Information www.openei.org/, a global knowledge sharing community, which provides datasets and other information sources on smart grids, solar, utilities, wind, building for data discovery, visualization and apps. Another Example” Open Energy Data site of the US government http://energy.gov/data/open-energy-data.